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Frozen Letter

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Frozen Letter

Fourth album of garage rock from the Chapel Hill, North Carolina band

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7.1

Label
Merge
UK Release date
05/08/2014
US Release date
18/08/2014
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  1. 9.0 |   Exclaim

    A little bit of everything and a whole lot of rockin' sound, Spider Bags' Frozen Letter seems set to change the face of modern garage rock
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  2. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Covers a lot of ground for Spider Bags – it has them gleefully offering us tasty kibbles of what they’ve always excelled at while also boldly paving themselves a new path forward
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Cements their prior strengths while pointing toward new and potentially more impressive sounds
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  4. 8.0 |   Uncut

    North Carolina trio hit heights with excellent fourth album. Print edition only

  5. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A standout release among the crowded garage rock market. It just may be the band’s finest material yet
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  6. 7.0 |   Spin

    Simultaneously playful and earnest, Frozen Letter evokes a down-home Replacements in its vivid, disheveled vignettes
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  7. 7.0 |   Earbuddy

    The song lengths jump from less than 3 minutes a piece to over 5 minutes, and as the band stretches their legs, they give themselves some room to let the rhythm section come to life
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  8. 7.0 |   All Music

    These songs show they're growing into it in their own slightly sloppy way
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  9. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    The first half of the album will blow away the cobwebs whilst the second half settles down to provide a much more rewarding experience – once the rather uninspiring Coffin Car bites the dust
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  10. 6.2 |   Pitchfork

    It has the shape and feel of a sturdy ‘70s classic rock record, swirling with the Kinks' charm and the strutter of early AC/DC
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  11. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    The heads-down rumble of We Got Problems is the one moment where everything locks down to a furious caterwaul
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